Vicente Sánchez

Vicente Sánchez
Vicente Sánchez from Schalke 04 during the game against Eintracht Frankfurt on February 28, 2009
Personnel
Surname	Vicente Martín Sánchez Bragunde
birthday	7th December 1979
place of birth	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
1992-1994	Club Maua
1994-1996	Racing Club de Montevideo
1996-1997	River Plate Montevideo
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-2000	South America
2000	Tacuarembó FC	21 0(3)
2001	Nacional Montevideo	9 0(2)
2001-2008	Deportivo Toluca	200 (71)
2008-2010	FC Schalke 04	50 0(3)
2010–2012	Club America	49 (11)
2012-2013	Nacional Montevideo	25 0(4)
2013-2016	Colorado Rapids	55 (11)
2016-2017	→  Defensor Sporting  (loan)	10 0(2)
2017–	Houston Dynamo	14 0(2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2001-2008	Uruguay	31 0(5)
1 Only league games are given. As of August 26, 2017 2 As of October 16, 2012

Vicente Sánchez , full name Vicente Martín Sánchez Bragunde , (born December 7, 1979 in Montevideo ) is a Uruguayan football player .

society

First stations in Uruguay

Sánchez played in his youth from 1992 to 1994 for Club Maua, from 1994 to 1996 for Racing Club de Montevideo and from 1996 to 1997 for River Plate Montevideo , before joining Club Sud América in 1997 . Sud América belonged to the squad in the Segunda División from 1998 to 2000 . In 2000 he moved to Tacuarembó in northern Uruguay , where he joined the then first division club Tacuarembó FC . For the Northern Uruguayans he ran in 21 league games and scored three goals. From January 2001 he was under contract with Nacional Montevideo . In the Torneo Clasificatorio 2001 he was in nine games in the Primera División for the "Bolsos" and scored two goals.

Deportivo Toluca

During this time Ricardo La Volpe became aware of Sánchez, who was then coaching Deportivo Toluca . Although the fast striker had several offers from Europe at the same time, he signed a contract with the Mexican club, not least because he admired the Paraguayan striker José Saturnino Cardozo and wanted to play in his team.

Sánchez made his first game for Toluca on July 20, 2001, when he scored two goals in a 3-1 win over Club León . Cardozo and Sanchez later developed into the most dangerous storm duo in Mexican football. Both played a key role in Toluca's 2002 championship. Three years later, Toluca was again in the final for the national title. In two games, the team of CF Monterrey were beaten 6: 3 overall; of the six goals his team scored, Sánchez contributed three. In 2007 he was voted the best offensive man and most valuable player in Mexico. He also made a name for himself several times on the international stage; so he got four goals in the course of the Copa Libertadores 2007 , including one to his team's 2-0 victory over Boca Juniors .

For Deportivo Toluca, he completed a total of 200 top division games from Torneo Invierno 2001 to Apertura 2007 and scored 71 goals.

FC Schalke 04

In December 2007 Vicente Sánchez was first associated with FC Schalke 04 . On January 17, 2008, the club announced that the professional from Uruguay was signed until June 30, 2011. According to ex-coach Mirko Slomka , Sánchez can play both as a winger in a 4-3-3 system and as one of two peaks. Manager Andreas Müller described him as an “absolute dream candidate for the attack”.

After short appearances against VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund , he scored his first Bundesliga goal for Schalke in the home game against VfL Wolfsburg three minutes after being substituted on in the 65th minute. Sanchez scored his first goal for Schalke in an international match in the 4-1 win over APOEL Nicosia in the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup .

On June 30, 2010 it was announced that Sánchez had terminated his contract, which ran until 2011, with immediate effect.

Return to America

He went back to Mexico to the Club America . Since the Clausura of the 2011/12 season he is back in rows of Uruguayan giants Nacional. In his first half season after returning to his home country, he celebrated winning the Uruguayan championship with the Bolsos . In total, he completed 25 league games for Nacional in this affiliation phase, in which he scored four goals. He was also used in twelve games of the Copa Libertadores (two goals). After the 2012/13 season he left Uruguay again and signed a contract with the Colorado Rapids on August 6, 2013 . He scored his first goal for the North American club on September 14, 2013 in the game against FC Dallas . At the Colorado Rapids, he completed 55 league games (eleven goals) and one play-off game (no goal) until his last appearance on October 25, 2015. He also has three appearances (no goal) in the US Open Cup .

At the end of February 2016, he returned to Uruguay and joined the first division Defensor Sporting on loan . In the 2016 Clausura he was used in ten first division games with the Montevideans and scored two goals. Houston Dynamo signed him in mid-February 2017 . So far (as of August 26, 2017) he has played there 14 times in the MLS and scored twice in the opposing goal.

National team

Already at the age of 18, Sánchez received an invitation to his country's U20 national team, with which he took part in a tournament in China , among other things , and became the top scorer there right away.

He made his debut in the senior national team on November 7, 2001 in a World Cup qualifier against Ecuador in Quito . In the very next game, against Argentina , he was the captain for his team. A first highlight of his national team career was the participation in the Copa America 2004. However, he was unlucky for his team during the tournament, because in the semifinals against Brazil he missed a penalty after regular time and extra time, so that Uruguay was eliminated. In the game for third place, however, he rehabilitated himself with the decisive goal for the 2-1 win against Colombia . During the Copa America 2007 in Venezuela , he played four games for Uruguay and scored one goal against Bolivia . In total, Sánchez made 31 appearances for Uruguay. He scored five hits. His last assignment to date for the Celeste was on November 19, 2008.

successes

• Mexican champion: 2002, 2005
• German runner-up: 2009/10
• Uruguayan champions 2011/12

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives:, was inserted on July 27, 2010, no longer available on February 28, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b} Page no longer available , search in web archives: Profile on playerhistory.com , accessed on February 28, 2015
3. ↑ Schalke wants Uru-Star Sanchez ( memento from July 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Image on Sunday, December 16, 2007
4. ^ "Small solution" Sanchez on kicker.de from December 17, 2007, accessed on February 28, 2015
5. ↑ "Small Solution" Sanchez Kicker, December 17, 2007
6. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Homepage of FC Schalke 04 , January 17th, 2008.
7. ↑ Vicente Sanchez terminates his contract with the Royal Blues ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ^ ESPN profile , accessed August 5, 2013
9. ↑ Mercado de pases: altas y bajas (Apertura 2013) (Spanish) on tenfield.com.uy from August 5, 2013, accessed on August 5, 2013
10. ^ ESPN profile , accessed March 22, 2014
11. ↑ Vicente Sánchez ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) from coloradorapids.com, accessed December 26, 2015 
12. ^ Profile on soccerway.com , accessed August 26, 2017
13. ↑ RSSSF
14. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team on rsssf.com , accessed on December 11, 2012
15. ↑ FRANCIA 0 - 0 URUGUAY , accessed on 11 December 2012
16. ↑ Uruguay - International Matches 2011-2015 (as of October 16, 2012), accessed on December 11, 2012